The DHL Stormers Bolts will play their first-ever SA Rugby Under-20 Cup match against Sharks GEN at DHL Stadium on Saturday.
The match kicks off at 12h00 and will be played as a curtain-raiser ahead of the Carling Currie Cup game between the DHL Stormers XXIII and the Hollywoodbets Sharks XV.
The SA Rugby Under-20 Cup match will be streamed live on the Stormers TV Youtube channel. SUBSCRIBE HERE.
There are five Junior Springbok U20 Junior World Champions in wings Jack Benade and Jordan Steenkamp, centre Samuel Badenhorst, scrumhalf Jayden Brits and flank Gert Kemp in the starting line-up.
Kemp, Brits and Steenkamp are also among a group of six players, along with centre Randall-John Davids, No.8 Quinton Potgieter and prop Zak Hickman who are currently at the Stormers Rugby Institute.
There are also a further five players in the form of Dylan Miller, Markus Muller, Tom Barnard, Altus Rabe and Danie Kruger who are young enough to play for the DHL Stormers Bolts, but will feature in the Carling Currie Cup match for the DHL Stormers XXIII.
Flank Aden da Costa will lead the team for their historic first match as they look to get the campaign off to a winning start.
Head Coach Johnno van der Walt said that his team is focused on rising to the occasion.
“We start a new era for the DHL Stormers Bolts at DHL Stadium, and this is something that these players have worked towards for some time.
“We are missing some players through injury, and others will be playing in the Carling Currie Cup game, but what we have is a team that is hungry to impress and make a positive start to our campaign,” he said.
DHL Stormers Bolts: 15 Dawid Badenhorst, 14 Jack Benade, 13 Randall-John Davids, 12 Samuel Badenhorst, 11 Jordan Steenkamp, 10 Rayaan Solomons, 9 Jayden Brits, 8 Quinton Potgieter, 7 Aden da Costa (captain), 6 Gert Kemp, 5 Dominic Sesink-Clee, 4 Alexander Smith, 3 Henry du Plessis, 2 Almero Keizer, 1 Zak Hickman.
Replacements: 16 James Kobrowski, 17 Unaye Mndau, 18 Lukho Mtwana, 19 Ethan Combrink, 20 Wihan Kotze, 21 Tyrone Gombe, 22 Olunje Mehlomakulu, 23 Luca Potgieter.
